I would not have believed this if I wasn’t able to see it myself. This bloviation even tops Gore’s “Earth’s interior is millions of degrees” comment on live TV. Watch this video segment from Gore’s Current TV:
So how does he explain Romney’s performance? High altitude training?
And to think this man almost became president and is the most globally recognized spokesman for global warming.
h/t to Chuck Johnson
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Gore is coming to Gibraltar this month on the 21st – at an undisclosed cost.
Some great quotes from the article:
Al Gore “will not be present or available for any press interviews at any time.”
…confirmed that press photographers, TV cameramen and sound recorders “will be asked to leave the hall after 5 minutes of Mr Gore’s speech.”
…also ruled out the possibility of Mr Gore debating with a qualified international speaker in order to provide public opinion in Gibraltar with both sides of the environmental debate.
Of course, it was the Altitude combined with global warming – we all know that hotter air is less dense, so each Obama gulp (uh, uh…) inhaled fewer air molecules.
But wait – a cold front was barreling through at the time, and during the debate the temperature was falling 10 degrees per hour and the pressure was rising 5 millibars per hour. I guess that explains Obama’s dramatic improvement as time went by, concluding with his creative and profound closing statement?
There were numerous excuses made for Obama’s poor performance from various members of the media. However, Gore felt obligated to present an opinion based on sound science.
Obama’s poor debate performance should be expected since he is the 21st century version of the incompetent President Jimmy Carter. They are incompetent peas in the same limited intellectual pod those two . . . .
John
Al missed his chance. Instead blaming Obama’s poor showing on a lack of O2, he should have blamed it on an overdose of CO2.
MarkW says:
October 4, 2012 at 11:18 am
He should get in contact with FLOTUS.
Well, an interpretation from left field…I thought Obama looked like he was sick of the job and was longing to get out, onto the lucrative speaking/book writing trail that he can do so well. The presidency itself is just too damned hard and has been going on for too long. Mitt really wants it, hence he’s all bright-eyed and bushy tailed. Looked competent too. Altitude fiddlesticks…if it were 10k ft I might begin to believe it. As for Gore…lord he’s embarrassing.
Winter Hawk says:
October 4, 2012 at 11:41 am
There were numerous excuses made for Obama’s poor performance from various members of the media. However, Gore felt obligated to present an opinion based on sound science.
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“There were numerous excuses made for Obama’s poor performance from various members of the media. However, Gore felt obligated to present an excuse based on what sounds like science to him.
(Is that better?)
I suspect that this altitude theory will be found wanting – but very soon we will learn that the president was distracted by a critical national security issue of such import that its exact nature cannot be revealed any time soon. Hence, criticism is unpatriotic.
Gore’s the one who has hypoxia!
michaeljmcfadden says:
October 4, 2012 at 9:04 am
Ha ha, An Inconvenient Mouth. Very good……….
D Böehm says:
October 4, 2012 at 11:18 am
DB,
I award you ‘both ears and the tail’!
You are picador and toreador, to the political bull run into this arena!
Ole’!
MtK
Whilst Al’s comments are amusing, I was more interested in his co-presenters’ comments and agreement with him.
Al: “when you go to 5,000 feet…….”
Male voice: “Exactly”
‘Exactly what? Before Al has made his point about height, there is agreement with whatever that point is.
Al: “…and you only have a few hours to adjust…”
Female voice: “That’s interesting”
What does she find interesting? That Al is making a fool of himself or that she finds this a valid theory for O’s performance, again before hearing what Al’s point is.
This is a meeting of the “I Love Al’ fan club with loyal sycophants sitting at his feet and believing that he can do no wrong.
Jimmy Haigh says:
October 4, 2012 at 9:03 am
That reminds me: I thought I saw a reference to Al Gore on a loaf of bread the other day. Turns out it was just Thick Cut.
OMG. A local radio station caller pointed out that the military didnt want to deploy the Tuskegee Airmen to high altitude escort missions because they thought Black’s couldn’t handle the altitude. Was this what prompted AlGore’s comment?
I think Obama’s drained. Just doesn’t have the fire in his belly any longer. Can’t say that I blame him. The guy’s aged ten years since 2008;
Tony B, please I’m no fan of US pols but no one in a country where 3 parties united to pass that excremental Climate Change Act should be casting too many stones…. And let’s not even get started on the EU etc.
Well Gore simply didn’t bother to read the Florida Stae recount laws, and thought it was ok to only recount a handful of votes, that already indicated they didn’t want to vote for anybody for president; or maybe a few more who wanted to vote for two or more different candidates. All the courts said was that there were some six million votes cast, and if you wanted a recount, you had to recount them all, not just a hand selected few.
But Gore wouldn’t have been such a bad choice; Just look at what we are stuck with now; and with the voters indicating a wish to commit national suicide following a Rev Jim Jones pied piper.
Who would have thought that a chad could represent one of the best examples of the butterfly effect.
There is one spot in the debate where I thing Romney slipped and missed an opportunity for a good zinger.
When Obama said “And I worked with Democrats and Republicans to cut a trillion dollars out of our discretionary domestic budget. That’s the largest cut in the discretionary domestic budget since Dwight Eisenhower”.
Romney should have hit Obama with the fact that there hasnt been a budget for the entire time he has been in office. Even durring the first two years when the Dems had a majority in both houses the couldn’t pass a budget.
‘it was the altitude’, not the attitude?
Makes sense. Never underestimate climate change.
Obviously, Mr. Obama is powerless in the rarefied air of Denver without those Roman columns
We all need to learn to survive on less oxygen.
Surely you know that the massive increase in C02 is *crowding out* oxygen in our atmosphere? Within a few years there will only be a couple of molecules of O2 left, huddling together for warmth. 🙂
Gee, do you think Obama looking tired, irritable, arguably looking hung over, could have had something to do with the three days of “debate prep” in Las Vegas?
After all, it was so strenuous he had to take a break, and visited Hoover Dam. Which he gazed at in amazement. And wondered what great things would be named after him. Hoover has a dam. Reagan has an airport. What shall be named in honor of President Obama?
What an ass. And the others on the panel fawning all over him. Blecch.